SrinagarThe stalemate at Delhi Public School, Srinagar in the city outskirts ended after nearly 20 hours with the killing of two militants Sunday afternoon, police said.
The encounter had started late Saturday evening after militants attacked a CRPF vehicle, killing an Sub Inspector Sahab Shukla and injuring two others near the main entrance of DPS School in Athwajan. The militants, according to police, later took refuge inside the one of the five buildings of the DPS.
Police officials said the school was cordoned off by the security forces including police, SOG, army and CRPF on Saturday evening. The exchange of gunfire started after midnight when the militants fired on security forces which were searching for them in a building that houses classrooms and offices, the officials said.
They said that the intermittent exchange of fire lasted till the early hours of Sunday.
Police said that at least three army soldiers were injured during the operation.
The troops later went from room to room in the school and found two bodies in one room, an officer said. The bodies of the two militants have been spotted inside one room from where firing had started. The operation was called off after the security personnel had checked the school thoroughly.
This all started Saturday evening when militants attacked a CRPF vehicle, killing an officer and injuring two others.
The site of the attack happens to be a high-security zone, located less than a kilometre away from the headquarters of Indian Armys Chinar Corps.
Militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba had claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police said that about 20 employees of the DPS were safely evacuated from the school campus, that houses more than five buildings.
The District administration on Sunday imposed restrictions under Section 144 to avoid assembly of people and prevent protest and stone pelting near the encounter site.
The highway was closed from Sempora towards Srinagar to avoid any untoward incident, the officials said.
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